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Note: Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949)
b. September 07, 1890, 29 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, 07304-2301, USA
d. September 12, 1949, 7:20 am, Jersey City Med. Ctr., 50 Baldwin Ave., Jersey City, NJ, 07304, USA
Jersey City, New Jersey School Teacher
Name:
May Burke Source: School Diploma, c1908
Birth:
Date of Birth: September 07, 1890 Place of Birth: 29 Atlantic Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ Source: Birth Certificate of Mary Margaret Burke, 1890, Photocopy, 1998
Mother: Nora Finn (1866-1898) b. Wales Source: Birth Certificate of Mary Margaret Burke, 1890, Photocopy, 1998
Father: John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) b. Jersey City, NJ, USA Source: Baptismal Certificate, Mary Margaret Burke, Certified Copy, 1998
Baptism:
Date of Baptism: February 10, 1890 Place of Baptism: Saint Patrick's R.C. Church, Jersey City, NJ Sponsor: K. Burke and J. Hallena Note: K. Burke is an unknown Burke
Source: Baptismal Certificate, 1890, Certified Copy, 1998
Half Siblings via Josephine Smith (1874-c1961):
Bertha Marie Burke (1902-1971) William Burke II (1904-1996) Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) John Stephen Burke (1909-1986) Margaret Burke (c1912-c1971) Owen John Burke (1915-1984) Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), 1998
Marriage:
Date of Marriage: September 27, 1919 Place of Marriage: St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Jersey City, NJ Witness: James Joseph Norton I (1892-1961), Brother-in-law and Witness: Bertha Burke (1902-1971), Half-sister Spouse: Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) Note: It appears from their marriage certificate that Thomas and Mary were both living in the apartment complex at 112-114 Romaine Avenue. That is most likely how they met.
Source: Marriage Certificate, Church, 1919, Cerified Copy, 1998
Source: Marriage Certificate, State, 1919, Photocopy, 1998
Children:
Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) Vincent Gerard Norton (1923- ) John Burke Norton (1925) James Joseph Norton I (1929- ) Katherine Finn Norton (1930-1934) Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), Oral Testimony, 1998
Children with Notes:
Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) Accountant, m. Selma Louise Freudenberg (1921- )
Vincent Girard Norton (1923- ) Mechanic. m. Florence Emily Putz (1925-1994)
John Burke Norton (1927) Died after a few months James Joseph Norton II (1929- ) Teacher, m. Janet Powell (1939- ) Catherine Finn Norton (1930-1934) Died after 4 years, never fully developed
Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), 2003
Death:
Date of Death: Monday, September 12, 1949 Place of Death: Jersey City Medical Center Residence at Death: 603 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, NJ Date of Hospitalization: August 31, 1949 Place of Hospitilization: Jersey City Medical Center Cause of Death: Supperative Appendicitis Length of Illness: 12 days Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), Oral Testimony, 1998
Source: Death Certificate, 1949
Church:
Saint Patrick's Parish, Jersey City, NJ (1890) Source: Baptismal Certificate of Thomas Patrick Norton I, 1890, Certified Copy, 1998
St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Jersey City, NJ (1920) Source: Baptismal Certificate of Thomas Patrick Norton II, 1920
Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Jersey City, NJ (1949) Source: Jersey Journal, September 1949
Saint Patrick's Parish (1869- ):
492 Bramhall Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey Telephone: 201-332-8600 FAX: 201-324-3919 Religion: Roman Catholic Source: Telephone Directory, 1998
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church:
3026 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey Telephone: 201-653-8814 FAX: 201-653-3771 Religion: Roman Catholic Source: Telephone Directory, 1998
Home:
29 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07304-2301, USA (1890)
Head of Household: John Joseph (Black Jack) Burke (1868-?)
Source: Birth Certificate, 1890
114 Romaine Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306-5302, USA (1920)
Head of Household: Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968)
Source: US Census for NJ, Index, 1920
Note: Sara Carr owns 112 and 114 Romaine Avenue, it is a duplex that she bought with the money from the death of Patrick Norton. Perhaps this is how the Nortons met the Burkes.
Source: US Census, 1920
Source: Marriage Certificate, 1919
24 Van Wagenen Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306-5610, USA (1920)
Head of Household: Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968)
Source: Birth Certificate, Thomas Patrick Norton (1920- ), 1920
603 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07305-4121, USA (1920-1949)
Head of Household: Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968)
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton, 1988
Source: Deed, 603 Garfield Avenue, 1920
Source: Death Certificate, 1949
Real Estate Owned (REO):
24 Van Wagenen Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306-5610, USA (1920)
Purchased From: William A. Lammerts
Liber 1357, Page 501, Date of Purchase May 10, 1920
Source: Deed, 24 Van Wagener Avenue, Jersey City, 1920, Photocopy, 1998
603 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07305-4121, USA (1920-1949)
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton, 1998
Source: Deed, 603 Garfield Avenue, 1920
Occupation:
Schoolteacher (abt 1910-1919) Note: A fire destroyed all records before 1950. Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), Oral Testimony, 1998
Hudson County Board-Education:
201-854-3900 485 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302-3205 Source: Internet Directory, 1998
Jersey City Board Of Education:
201-915-6000 346 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305-1634 Source: Internet Directory, 199
Jersey City Medical Center:
50 Baldwin Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07304-3199, USA
Telephone: 201-915-2000 Source: Internet, 1999
Obituary of Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949):
NORTON - Of 603 Garfield Avenue, on Monday, September 12, 1949, Mary Norton (nee Burke), beloved wife of Thomas P. Norton Sr. , devoted mother of Thomas P. Jr., Vincent G. and James Norton. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on Thursday, September 15th at 9 a.m. from The Funeral Home of Richmond F. Routh, 206 Old Bergen Road. Solemn mass of requiem at Sacred Heart R.C. Church at 10 a.m. Interment Holy Name Cemetery.
Source: Jersey Journal, September 13, 1949
Daniel Finn and Hanora Creedon Family Plot:
Holy Name Cemetery, West End Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Telephone: 201-433-0342 Owner: Catherine? Finn or Hanora Finn Purchase: October? 1887 Note: The plot was purchased for the death of Daniel Finn.
Double Grave Block S, Section K, Grave 21 and 22 Grave 21, Section K, Block S, Deceased, Burial, Age
Mary A. Finn, September 03, 1885, 25 years Nora Burke, June 25, 1898, 32 years John Burke Norton, October 01, 1927, 44 days, Parents: Tom and Mary Mary Norton, September 15, 1949, 59 years Note: was Mary Finn moved there if the plot was purchased in 1887
Block: S Section: K Grave: 22
Grave 22, Section K, Block S,
Deceased, Burial, Age
Daniel Finn, October 15, 1887, 69 years Nora Creedon, April 04, 1904, 75 years Catherine Finn, January 02, 1914, 80 years Catherine Finn, July 22, 1918, 45 years Catherine Norton, July 06, 1934, 4 years Thomas P. Norton, January 16, 1968, 76 years Deceased Explained:
Mary A. Finn (1869-1885) Daniel Finn (1818-1887) Nora Finn (1866-1898) Nora Creedon (1829-1904) Catherine Creedon (1834-1914) Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918) John Burke Norton (1927) Catherine (Kate) Norton (1930-1934) Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) Source: Holy Name Cemetery, 1998
1910 US Census:
Enumeration District 213, Sheet 5, Line 43 41 Hopkins Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306-1511, USA
Head of Household:
Finn, Catherine; widow, age 75; immigration 1867, owner Other Members of Family:
Finn, Catherine; daughter, age 47; secretary in pencil works Burke, May; granddaughter, age 19 Note: 1867 conflicts with birth of children
Interpreted:
Catherine Creedon (1834-1914) Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918) Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Source: US Census, 1910
Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) by Selma Louise Freudenberg (1921- ):
In 1949 Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) took Thomas Patrick Norton III (1947- ) to the house of Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) and Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) at 603 Garfield Avenue in Jersey City, NJ. Selma (Sally) Louise Freudenberg (1921- ) went over after shopping and knocked on the door and Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) let her in. Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) was retired at the time. Mary Margaret Burke was in terrible pain and had been that way for three days. The Norton's owned the two family house and Burnette Peter Van Deusen (1913-1993) lived next door. Sally went to the people that rented downstairs and used their phone to call the doctor. He couldn't come right away and Thomas Norton I didn't help at all. The doctor came later after Selma, Tom II, and Tom III had taken the bus home. It was a very cold day. Selma called the people downstairs from a neighbor's house, when she got back to her home and found out that Mary was in the hospital. Selma visited her in the hospital and she said "thank you, you saved my life". She died twelve days later of the peritonitis. Mary Margaret Burke was told by her priest that Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) would go to hell for marrying a Protestant. Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) didn't attend the wedding in 1942.
Source: Selma Louise Freudenberg (1921- ), Oral Testimony, 1998
Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) by Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ):
Nora Finn (1874-1898), the mother of Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) may have died during childbirth, giving birth to another child. Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) was raised by Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918), her mother's sister. Kate was unmarried and a private secretary at the American Lead Pencil Company, Hoboken, NJ. Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) inherited Kate's belongings, which included a piano, oil paintings, a bronze statue and sterling silver tea service. Once, in Wildwood, New Jersey in the 1930s the Norton's all stayed under the boardwalk so they could avoid the sun. Mary Margaret Burke was walking under the boardwalk and hit her head on the overhead boards. She was knocked down to the ground and was left stunned. At one time she had gallstones removed. She said the pain was worse than childbirth. She had the gallstones in a milk bottle and showed everyone. Some were bigger than marbles. She also had an operation under her left arm to have a clot or a growth removed. It left a large scar where they had removed some tissue. Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949), my mother and Sara Jane Carr, my grandmother didn't come to my wedding because I was marrying a Protestant. My aunt, Katherine Norton attended the wedding and died a month later.
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), Oral Testimony, 1998
Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) by Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ):
My mother's house had a piano, oil pantings, and a china set that she inherited from her Katherine Finn, the woman who raised her. Once I was playing with a ball in the house and it hit the china cabinet and broke a cup. The china was so translucent that you could see the tea being added to the cup as it was poured. We had a piano, but no one in the house knew how to play it. When Marie Freudenberg, my mother-in-law would come over, she would sit at the piano and play it. James Norton, my father's brother could also play the piano.
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), Oral Testimony, March 24, 2001
Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) by James Joseph Norton II (1929- )
My mother won some crystal ware when she came in second in a New York Post contest. My father won a car in a raffle in 1929. He was driving my mother in the snow to the hospital for my birth on January 15 and the car did a 360 degree spin. My mother got out of the car and took a cab to the hospital. He told my father to get rid of the car. He did, and never drove a car again for the rest of his life.
Source: James Joseph Norton II (1929- ), Oral Testimony, March 02, 2001
Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) by James Patrick Langan II (1931- ):
After her child died she never left the house to visit us anymore. Source: James Patrick Langan II (1931- ), Oral Testimony, 1998
Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) to Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), November, 1944
Dear Tom [Patrick Norton II, my son] - By this time you will have received my letter about Vince. In a letter from him dated October 24 he told of getting a letter from you. I thought that you had gone to the pacific, but I am glad that you will be home soon. We had Molly Kelly from Boston [over] last weekend but now I remember I wrote about her. Word came from the War Department that Vince had been returned to duty on October 21.
Well here's hoping we see you real soon.
Love Mom Source: Original Letter, 1944
Archive:
Birth Certificate, NJ, 1890, Photocopy, 1998 Marriage Certificate, NJ, 1919, Photocopy, 1998 Missing Documents:
Death Certificate, NJ, 1949 Death Certificate, Hudson County, 1949 Missing Artifacts inherited from Kate Finn:
Silver Service Bronze statue or urn (with Vincent Norton) Oil Painting Crystal (with James Norton II, see photograph) Piano Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 1998
1910 US Census, New Jersey:
Enumeration District 213, Sheet 5, Line 43, 41 Hopkins Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306-1511, USA
Household:
Catherine Finn, widow, age 75, immigration 1867, home owner Catherine Finn, daughter, age 47, secretary in pencil works May Burke, granddaughter, age 19 Note: 1867 conflicts with birth of children
Household Interpreted:
Catherine Creedon (1834-1914) Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918) Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1910
1920 US Census, New Jersey:
Volume 65, Enumeration District 229, Sheet 03, Line 48-49 112-114 Romaine Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306-5335, USA
Household:
Thomas P. Norton, age 28, b. New Jersey Mary Norton, wife, age 29, b. New Jersey Household Interpreted:
Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1920
1930 US Census, New Jersey:
Enumeration District 078, Sheet 04A, Line 5-9 603 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Household: Thomas Norton, head, age 39, m. age 28, yardmaster, steam railroad Mary Norton, wife, age 39, m. age 29 Thomas Norton, son, age 9 Vincent Norton, son, age 7 James Norton, son, age 1 Household Interpreted:
Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) Husband of Mary (May) Margaret Burke
Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Wife of Thomas Patrick Norton Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) Vincent Girard Norton (1923- ) James Joseph Norton II (1929- ) Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1930
Jersey City, New Jersey:
Located in northeastern New Jersey on the Hudson River opposite lower Manhattan, Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County and the state's second largest city, with a population of 228,537 (1990 census). This busy port city (part of the Port of New York) has one of the most comprehensive transportation complexes on the Atlantic seaboard, making it a leading commercial and industrial center in the state (surpassed only by Newark). Chemicals, transportation equipment, clothing manufacturing, and petroleum refining are the major products of Jersey City's diversified industries. Jersey City has several colleges and a huge medical center.
First settled in 1618 by Dutch trappers, the area was acquired by Michiel Paux about 1629. About 1660, the stockaded village of Bergen was laid out. The site came under British rule in 1664. In the American Revolution the British-held fort at Paulus Hook was attacked and captured (1779) by Light-Horse Harry Lee. Jersey City, incorporated in 1820, was later expanded to include the former communities of Hudson City, Bergen, and Greenville. In 1916 a munitions warehouse on the Black Tom docks exploded, causing extensive damage; the incident was attributed to German saboteurs. Political boss Frank Hague was mayor of the city from 1917 to 1947.
Source: Grolier Online Encyclopedia, 1998
Chronology of Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949):
1890 Birth of Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) on September 2nd
1890 Living at 29 Atlantic Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
1898 Death of Nora Finn (1866-1898), her mother, in June (age 8)
1898 Burial of Nora Finn (1866-1898), her mother, at Holy Name Cemetery on June 25 (age 8)
1898 (circa) Mary Margaret Burke transfered to the care of Catherine Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918) (age 8)
1900 (circa) John Joseph Burke, her father, marries Josephine Smith (age 10)
1908 (circa) Working as teacher in Jersey City public school system (age 18)
1910 Living with Catherine Creedon, her grandmother
1910 US Census with Catherine Creedon (1834-1914) as Head of Household
1910 Living at 41 Hopkins Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07306-1511, USA
1918 Postcard from Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) on Tuesday, November 12th (age 28)
1918 Influenza pandemic through 1919 (age 28)
1919 Living at 114 Romaine Avenue, Jersey City, NJ (age 29)
1919 Marriage to Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) on September 27th at 9:00 am (age 29)
1920 Living at 112-114 Romaine Avenue, Jersey City, NJ (age 30)
1920 US Census with Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) as Head of Household
1920 Purchase of 24 Van Wagener Avenue, Jersey City, NJ on May 10th
1920 Birth of Thomas Patrick Norton II, her first child, on July 8th (age30)
1923 Birth of Vincent Norton, her second child, on February 15 (age 33)
1925 Birth of John Burke Norton, her third child, but he dies in 44 days (age 35)
1929 Birth of James Joseph Norton II, her fourth child, on January 15 (age 39)
1929 Stock Market Crash on October 29th begins Great Depression (age 39)
1930 Living at 603 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
1930 US Census with Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) as Head of Household
1930 Birth of Catherine Norton, her fifth child, on July 4th (age 40)
1941 Pearl Harbor is bombed on December 7th (age 51)
1945 Germany surrenders in May (age 55)
1949 Selma Louise Freudenberg visits Mary Margaret Burke and calls doctor on August 31st (age 59)
1949 Death of Mary Margaret Burke of appendicitis on September 12th at 7:20 am (age 59)
Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 1998
Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949)
b. September 07, 1890, 29 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, 07304-2301, USA
d. September 12, 1949, 7:20 am, Jersey City Med. Ctr., 50 Baldwin Ave., Jersey City, NJ, 07304, USA
Jersey City, New Jersey School Teacher
Prepared by Richard Arthur Norton on April 24, 2003
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